Wildfires rage across Washington state

Winthrop, Wash.

A firefighter works to create a controlled burn with a torch while battling the Carlton Complex Fire near Winthrop, Wash., July 19, 2014. The wildfire raging east of Washington state's Cascade Mountains destroyed more than 100 homes, displaced hundreds of residents and left thousands without electricity, emergency officials said.

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Pateros, Wash.

The remains of a tree and two homes stand at the foot of a hill in Pateros, Wash., July 20, 2014. A fire came down the hill and destroyed many homes in the neighborhood. Several fires throughout the state have destroyed hundreds of home forced evacuations and continue to threaten more communities.

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Pateros, Wash.

A pair of chimneys stand amid the rubble of a neighborhood destroyed by fire in Pateros, Wash., July 20, 2014.

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Pateros, Wash.

Randy Loucks, right, of Brewster, Wash. and Rich Pitkethly of Brewster dig through the remains of a home destroyed by wildfire that belongs to Loucks's mother-in-law, July 20, 2014. Loucks had just finished sprucing up the house with new paint and carpet as a surprise to his mother-in-law, who is visiting relatives in Arkansas.

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Pateros, Wash.

A United States flag is displayed amid the ruins of a block of homes in Pateros, Wash. following a wildfire, July 20, 2014.

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Methow, Wash.

Jason Getzin, the pastor at Calvary Chapel Fellowship, paints a sign asking for donations for the fire victims in Methow, Wash., July 20, 2014.

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Pateros, Wash.

A burned out car sits in front of the ruins of a house near Pateros, Wash., July 20, 2014. The house was destroyed by a wildfire on July 17.

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Pateros, Wash.

A bight yellow fire hydrant stands next to the ruins of a mobile home park in Pateros, Wash. July 20, 2014. The homes were destroyed in a fire on July 17, 2014.

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Pateros, Wash.

Burnt trees and cars are pictured near Alta Lake Golf Course after much of the area was consumed by the Carlton Complex Fire near Pateros, Wash., July 19, 2014. The wildfire continues to rage east of Washington state's Cascade Mountains where it has destroyed more than 100 homes, displaced hundreds of residents and left thousands without electricity according to emergency officials. A cluster of lightning-sparked blazes that merged days ago into a conflagration dubbed the Carlton Complex has scorched at least 336 square miles of dry timber and grasslands in north-central Washington.

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Winthrop, Wash.

Smoke rises from the Carlton Complex Fire as cows graze near Winthrop, Wash., July 19, 2014.

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Winthrop, Wash.

Firefighters Will Smith (L) and Ben Delyea (R) talk as they keep watch over a controlled burn to combat the Carlton Complex Fire near Winthrop, Wash., July 19, 2014.

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Pateros, Wash.

A burnt car is pictured near Alta Lake Golf Course after much of the area was consumed by the Carlton Complex Fire near Pateros, Wash., July 19, 2014.

Pateros, Wash.

Malott, Wash.

The leg of a deceased cow, which fell victim to the Carlton Complex Fire, lies on scorched ranch land near Malott, Wash., July 20, 2014.

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Malott, Wash.

Mim Morris looks through the remnants of her home, which was destroyed by the Carlton Complex Fire, as her grandsons Sean Lafer, 12, and Joel Lafer, 14, join her near Malott, Washington, July 20, 2014.

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Carlton, Wash.

A DC-10 air tanker is dwarfed by the tip of a rising smoke cloud as the plane prepares to drop fire retardant over a wildfire Saturday, July 19, 2014, near Carlton, Wash.

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Carlton, Wash.

A DC-10 air tanker drops fire retardant over a wildfire near Carlton, Wash, July 19, 2014.

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Malott, Wash.

A burnt ATV lies on the road after the Carlton Complex Fire consumed an area near Malott, Wash., July 20, 2014.